Music Appreciation 2 - Flashcards

Q: Beethoven\'s Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 was subtitled Moonlight by:

the poet Rellstab shortly after the composer\'s death

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The final section of a sonata-allegro movement, which rounds it off with a vigorous closing cadence, is:

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the coda

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Which of the following best describes the opening of the first movement of Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik?

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It has a march like character

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The minuet was originally a Baroque court dance.

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True

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The overall form of a minuet and trio is best described as:

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A-B-A

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The Trumpet Concerto in E-flat is Haydn's only concerto

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False

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Mozart was able to complete so many masterworks due to his ling career

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False

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In his third compositional period, Beethoven:

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used more chromatic harmonies

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Beethoven gave his Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 the designation:

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quasi una fantasia

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Beethoven was unable to compose music after he became deaf

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False

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Beethoven achieved much acclaim during his lifetime and died a famous and revered composer.

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True

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The three main sections of sonata-allegro form are the exposition, the development, and the:

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recapitulation

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Mozart is remembered today as:

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the most gifted child prodigy in the history of music.

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Mozart dies while writing his:

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Requiem

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In the first movement of a classical concerto, there is usually a double exposition.

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True

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The typical first movement of a Classical concerto begins with:

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the orchestra

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Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 was subtitled Moonlight by:

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the poet Rellstab shortly after the composer's death

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The trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, composed in 1796, was Haydn's last orchestral work.

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True

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The first movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2:

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is in a modified song form

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The dreamy first movement of the Moonlight Sonata features:

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all of the above

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Mozart's personal feelings are often evident in the works he composed

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False

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Eine Kleine Nachtmusik is probably the best known of Mozart's serenades.

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True

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W.A. Mozart was born and lived in the early part of his life in

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Salzburg

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Mozart wrote his piano concertos primarily for his own public performances.

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True

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Mozart's financial circumstances depended largely on the popularity of his

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Operas

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Mozart was highly successful in composing

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All of these choices

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eine kleine Nachtmusik:

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is German for "A Little Night Music."

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Mozart was consistently supported by Vienna's most important patrons.

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False

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Mozart's melodies are simple, elegant, and songful.

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True

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Leopold Mozart was W.A. Mozart's

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father

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Mozart was a child prodigy, already composing music by the age of five.

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True

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When he was 8 years old, Mozart traveled to London to study with

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J.C. Bach

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W.A. Mozart lived and worked most of his adult life in

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Vienna

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All of Mozart's operas were in Italian.

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False

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Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik is an example of:

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a serenade

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The instrument which Mozart played and for which he wrote many concertos was:

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the piano

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Which statement is NOT true about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

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He dies at the age of 65

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At the time of his death, Mozart was working on this piece which was completed by one of his students.

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a Requiem mass

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How many movements does Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 have?

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four

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With which symphony did Beethoven begin to expand the possibilities of the genre?

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No. 3

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The rigid conventions of opera seria were shaped largely by:

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Metastasio

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During the classical era, the prevalent form of the opera, which contained many recitatives and arias designed to display virtuosity, was called:

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opera seria

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Comic opera generally was sung un the language of the audience, or the vernacular

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True

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The tone of the Catalogue Aria from Mozart's Don Giovanni is:

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comic

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Mozart's Requiem was:

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his last work, incomplete at his death

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Oratorios primarily drew their stories from:

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the Bible

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The Dies irae is a poem in three-line rhymed verses

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True

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The Dies irae from Mozart's Requiem includes solo voices

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True

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Beethoven was born in

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Bonn, Germany

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Although Beethoven received support from music-loving aristocrats and other admirers, he functioned primarily as a freelance, composer

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True

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Beethoven's music often features dramatic contrasts

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True

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W.A. Mozart was born and lived the early part of his life in

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Salzburg

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Beethoven was best known during his life as a virtuoso violinist

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False

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Along with J.S. Bach's Mass in b minor, this piece is considered the most significant Mass setting of the common practice era

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Beethoven's Missa Solemnis

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Fidelio deals with the topics of

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All of the above

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Which of the following best describes the role of women in nineteenth-century music?

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The piano provided women with a socially acceptable performance outlet

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The most importnant keyboard instrument of the Romantic period was the:

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piano

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The poem Elfking was written by Heinrich Heine

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False

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A song in which the same melody is repeated with every stanza of the text is in strophic form

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True

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Which of the following was a noted woman composer of the Romantic era?

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Clara Schumann

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Nineteenth-century society saw a few women make careers as professional musicians

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True

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A song form in which the same melody is repeated with every stanza of text is called:

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strophic

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Chopin composed works in all of the following genres EXCEPT the:

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symphony

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Schubert's Lied Elfking is through composed

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True

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The favorite subjects of the Romantic poets were:

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love, longing, and nature

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Which of the following composed the piano cycle The Year?

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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel

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What is vernacular music?

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popular songs sung in a country's native language

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Schubert's song Elfking is a setting of a ballad written by:

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Goethe

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Chopin's Mazurka in B-flat minor, Op. 24, No. 4 is in duple meter

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False

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Which of the following does NOT describe American popular music of the nineteenth century?

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The composers were always well known

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Chopin spent his early years in:

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Poland

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Nineteenth-century composers of the short, lyrics piano piece included:

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all of the above

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Chopin spent most of his productive life in:

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Paris

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A group of Lieder unified by a narrative thread or by a descriptive or expressive theme is called:

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a song cycle

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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's cycle The year is her only symphonic poem

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False

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Approximately how many songs did Schubert compose?

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more than 600

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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel is known for her large-scale orchestral compositions

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False

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Schubert composed over 600 Lieder

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True

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Despite her gender, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was encouraged by her family to pursure a career in music

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False

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___ was NOT an important composer of the nineteenth-century Lieder

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Heinrich heine

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Many Romantic piano works are in short, free forms.

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True

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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel wrote her cycle The year for:

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piano

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Schubert composed Elfking just before he died

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False

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Stephen Foster composed all of the following sings EXCEPT:

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When Johnny Comes Marching Home

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The pianist/composer Fanny Mendelssohn was Felix Mendelssohn's:

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sister

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Founded during the nineteenth century, the Leipzig Conservatory became a model for music schools all over Europe and America. Its founder and director was:

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Felix Menddelssohn

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Nineteenth century composers of the short, lyrics piano piece included"

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all of the above

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Chopin is credited with creating:

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the modern piano style

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titles such as Prelude, Impromptu, and Intermezzo are used for:

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short, lyric piano pieces

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Nineteenth century musicians continued to be viewed by society as glorified servants

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False

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One of the prime traits of Romantic artists was their emphasis on intense emotional expression

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True

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This Romantic composer founded "The New Journal of Music" in the nineteenth century

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Robert Schumann

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This noted Romantic Era musician conducted the premier of Schubert's Great C Major Symphony a decade after the composer's death

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Felix Mendelssohn

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the Dies Irae is:

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a chant from the Mass for the Dead

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Which of the following compositions is LEAST likely to be an example of program music?

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String Quartet in B-flat Major

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Which of the following composers was the first to use the term symphonic poem?

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Liszt

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Music written for plays, generally consisting of an overture and a series of pieces to be performed between acts, is called:

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incidental music

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The "Mighty Five" were composers from:

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Russia

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What scene is depicted in Smetana's symphonic poem the Moldau?

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all of the above

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How many movements does a typical Romantic symphony contain?

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four

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By the Romantic era, concerts had moved from:

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the aristocratic palace to the public concert hall

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Brahms maintained a lifelong, close relationship with:

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Clara Schumann

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Which of the following does NOT characterize Brahms's Symphony No. 3?

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programmatic images

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Brahms eventually settled in what city?

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Vienna

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Brahms was the leading master of German opera in the nineteenth century

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False

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Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique is an example of:

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a program symphony

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Hector Berlioz was born and spent most of his career in:

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France

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Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the music of Berlioz?

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Typical of French music, the emotions are restrained

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Berlioz was one of the boldest musical innovators of the nineteenth century

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True

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A one-movement piece of program music for orchestra that, though several contrasting sections, develops a poetic idea or suggests a scene or mood is called:

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a symphonic poem

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Smetana was a leading figure of the "Mighty Five" in Russia

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False

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Nationalism found natural expression in music, among other arts

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True

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The standard four-movement structure of a Romantic symphony is:

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fast-slow-dance-fast

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Which young composer did Robert and Clara Schumann take into their home

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Brahms

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Brahms wrote ___ symphonies

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four

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Brahms's symphonies use a Romantic harmonic idiom but are Classical in form

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True

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The librettist for Verdi's Rigoletto was:

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Piave

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Women achieved prominence during the Romantic era as opera singers

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True

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In his Ring of the Nibelung, which characteristic of traditional opera did Wagner eliminate

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separate arias

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Like Berlioz, Debussy won the coveted Prix de Rome during his compositional studies at the Paris Conservatory

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True

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Which of the following choral genres was NOT originally intended for performance in church

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part song

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Wagner did not wish to change the prevaling form of opera in the nineteenth century

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False

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The Dies irae from Verdi's Requiem is performed a capella

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False

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Choral music offered the public an outlet for its creative energies

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True

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Impressionist composers avoided ninth chords because they were prohibited in the Classical system of harmony

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False

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The French movement in poetry that revolted against traditional modes of expression is called:

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symbolism

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Who dies at the end of Rigoletto

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Gilda, Rogoletto's daughter

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The ensemble that follows "La Donna e mobile" in Act III of Rigoletto is a(n)

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quartet

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Which of the following does NOT characterize Singspiel

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It featured elaborate recitatives and arias

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In Rigoletto, Verdi turns away from tuneful melodies to heighten the dramatic action

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False

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Wagner's operas employ the supernatural as an element of drama and glorify the German land and people

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True

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The focal point of Wagnerian music drama is the voice

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False

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Which of the following statements best characterizes Verdi's Requiem?

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The Requiem was dedicated to the memory of the poet Manzoni.

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Verdi's Requiem was intended for performance in church.

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False

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The Symbolist movement began in England.

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False

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Impressionist artists abandoned the grandiose subjects of Romanticism.

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True

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The goal of impressionistic music is sensuousness.

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True

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Verdi's most popular non-operatic composition is

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The Manzoni Requiem

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Verdi is arguably the most popular opera composer of all time.

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True

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Wagner's only comic opera was

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Die Meistersingers von Nuremburg

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Oratorios and settings of the Mass made their way into the concert hall by the nineteenth century.

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True

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Wagner railed against

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all of the above

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The leading composer in the Impressionist school was Claude Debussy.

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True

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Although born to a Jewish family, this composer produced several remarkable oratorios.

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Felix Mendelssohn

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Wagner's crowning achievement was a set of 4 operas know collectively as

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The Ring of the Nibelung

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Wagner eventually married the daughter of

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Franz Liszt

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Wagner's operas evolved into what he referred to as

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music dramas

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Oratorios and settings of the Mass made their way into the concert hall by the nineteenth century.

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true

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Impressionistic music has no equivalent in the visual arts.

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false

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Verdi's Ave Maria from his "Four Sacred Pieces" is based on the

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enigmatic scale

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Wagner's operas have elements of

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all of the above

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The opera that first brought fame and recognition to Verdi was

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nabucco

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Wagner's most ardent supporter and patron was

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King Ludwig II of Bavaria

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Wagner called the art form that he developed

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music dramas

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Which of the following was the Paris-based Russian ballet impresario who commissioned Stravinsky to write several ballets?

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Diaghilev

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Which of the following best describes the form of a blues text?

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A-A-B

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William Grant Still moved to Los Angeles and composed music for television.

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True

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Stravinsky enlarged the orchestra for The Rite of Spring by increasing the number of wind and percussion instruments.

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true

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The Russian composer Igor Stravinsky lived for many years in France and eventually became a U.S. citizen.

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true

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Louis Armstrong was also known as:

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Satchmo

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What is a bent, or "blue," note?

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a note whose pitch drops slightly

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Which instrument did Louis Armstrong play?

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trumpet

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Stravinsky's ballets all achieved immediate popularity with their audiences.

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false

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Stravinsky's greatest contribution to the art music of the twentieth century is thought to be his development of the twelve-tone method.

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false

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The Rite of Spring is subtitled

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"Scenes of Pagan Russia"

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Stravinsky lived and worked for nearly 20 years in France.

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true

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A young man of European heritage who spent his early years in New Orleans and later wrote music that reflected his observations of the rhythmic traditional African-American music practiced there was

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Louis M. Gottschalk

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The instrumentation of William Grant Still's Afro-American Symphony calls for tenor banjo.

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true

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What American city could be considered the birthplace of jazz?

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new orleans

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Stravinsky eventually settled in Canada and become a Canadian citizen

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false

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The leading female vocalist of the Swing Era was

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billie holliday

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Duke Ellington was noted as a

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all of these

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_____________ was an important city in the development of jazz.

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all of these

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The following is regarded as the MOST influential pioneer by today's jazz trumpeters.

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louis armstrong

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Which American jazz composer was also a pianist and a master of orchestration for big bands?

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Duke Ellington

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William Grant Still was the most important musical voice to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance.

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true

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William Grant Still's Afro-American Symphony uses only traditional harmonic practice.

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false

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Each movement of William Grant Still's Afro-American Symphony has an epigraph, suggesting the emotions expressed in that movement.

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true

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This form of jazz was the popular music in America during the 1930's & 1940's.

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swing

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What kind of jazz is Duke Ellington known for?

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swing

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Stravinsky' early ballet scores, The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring were strongly nationalistic.

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true

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Because most musicals now seem dated, revivals have been largely unsuccessful.

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False

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Summertime is a lively song that suggests the excitement of summer.

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False

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Which of the following composers invented the prepared piano?

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John Cage

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George Gershwin's folk opera ___________ was far ahead of its time.

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Porgy and Bess

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Irving Berlin's first hit song was:

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Alexander's Ragtime Band

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Which of the following works by John Cage has no musical content and can be performed by anyone on any instrument?

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4'33''

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John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes evoke the sounds of:

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the Javanese gamelan

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George Gershwin is recognized as one of the first American composers to:

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incorporate African American blues and jazz styles into his compositions.

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Prior to each performance for John Cage's prepared piano, materials are inserted between the strings entirely at random.

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False

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Revueltas's mature compositional style features:

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complex rhythms, including polyrhythms and ostinatos.

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Aaron Copland studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris

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True

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Porgy & Bess was set in

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Charleston, South Carolina

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In his piece, Black Angels, Crumb calls for a number of percussion instruments in addition to the string quartet.

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true

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Copland is generally recognized as America's nationalistic composer.

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true

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Ira Gershwin was George Gershwin's

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C & D

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Recordings of commonplace sounds that are modified electronically and organized into an electronic composition are referred to as

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musique concrete

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In his music, George Crumb explores alternative forms of notation.

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true

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An early pioneer in the field of Experimental Music was

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Edgard Varese

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The dates for the post-modernist period are

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none of the above

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Copland's "Fanfare for the Common man" was written in response to

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the entry of the United States into WWII.

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The librettist for Doctor Atomic is:

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Peter Sellars

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Williams' Raiders March is in standard march form.

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True

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Most Hollywood films use music to establish an overall mood, not to reflect the emotional content of a given scene.

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false

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Jennifer Higdon's performance background is as a flutist.

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true

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The term tintinnabulation refers to:

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the ringing of bells

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Pärt's Cantate Domino canticum novum uses a psalm for its text.

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true

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In film, music that can be heard by a character on the screen is called underscoring.

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false

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Bob Dylan has performed his songs with guitar accompaniment throughout his career to pay homage to the tradition of folk music.

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false

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Which of the following characterizes the career of John Williams?

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all of the above

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Higdon chose the title blue cathedral as a tribute to:

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her brother

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Which nineteenth-century composer was the inspiration for unity in film music through the use of leitmotifs ?

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Wagner

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John Adams won a Pulitzer Prize for On the Transmigration of Souls.

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true

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Which of the following compositions by Corigliano received an Academy Award?

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the red violin

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After Arvo Pärt emigrated to the West, he devoted his compositional output to:

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religious choral music

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Music that is performed on screen and is part of the drama itself is called:

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source music

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Who wrote the opera Nixon in China?

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John Adams

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Minimalism has been assimilated by some "nonclassical" musicians.

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true

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Tintinnabulation is associated with the music of John Corigliano.

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false

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Arvo Pärt is a member of what religion?

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russian orthodox

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Which of the following characterizes the career of John Williams?

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all of the above

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The term tintinnabulation refers to:

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the ringing of bells

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Jennifer Higdon currently teaches at her Alma Mater, the Curtis Institute.

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true

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Unlike many contemporary works, melody is an important element in a Jennifer Higdon composition.

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true

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"Fur Alina" was one of Arvo Pärt's earliest compositions in his later minimalist style.

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true

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"Short Ride in a Fast Machine" by Adams is an example of what compositional style?

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minimalism

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Arvo Pärt was born in:

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estonia

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Repetition is an important element of minimalism.

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true

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